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Patented Nov. 22, |398.

No. 6|4,56o.

.1. Auslesen GATE.

(Application led May 5, 189B.)

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Patented Nov. 22, |898.

J. LANGESEN.

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Nirnn STATESy JENS LANGESEN, OF OVENS, IOVA.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Pat ent No. 614,560, dated November 22, 1898.

l Application filed May 5, 1898. Serial No. 679,803. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concer/o:

Beit known that I, J ENS LANGEsEN,a citizen of the United States, residing at Owens, in the county of Plymouth and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Gate, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in gates.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of swinging gates and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive one adapted to be readily operated at either side of it and capable of being opened and closed without dismountin g from a horse or leaving a vehicle.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

Figure l is a perspective View of a gate constructed in accordance with this invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are plan views illustrating the arrangement of the parts when the gate is closed and when it is open. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views of the bearing-brackets for supporting the pintles of the gate. Fig. 6 is a detail view of one of the pintles or pivots. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the main keeper. Fig. 8 is a similar view of the supplemental latch for holding the gate open.

Like numerals ofreference designate corresponding parts in all the igures of the drawings. v

l designates a swinging gate composed of horizontal rails and vertical connecting-bars; but a gate of any other desired construction may be employed. Itis provided at its inner or hinged end with vertical plates 2, provided at their outer ends with pivots or pintles 3, formed integral with the plates and projecting beyond the upper and lower edges of the gate and iittingin perforationsl-of upper and lower bearing-brackets 5, whereby the gate is hinged to the saine.

Each bearing-bracket consists of a horizontal portion or plate and vertical flanges G and 7, extending from the ends of the plate at opposite sides thereof and forming horizontal arms. The outer faces of the arms 6 and 7 are secured to the adjacent faces of a post S and an upright 9, which are arranged out of alinement at opposite sides of the gate in position to form stops for the same and to permit the gate to swing from a latch-post l0 to an upright 11 in opening and closing. The longitudinal flanges or arms 6 and 7 project upward or are arranged on the upper face of the upper bracket and on the lower face of the lower bracket in order to clear the gate.

rlhe gate is provided at its top with a rearwardly-extending arm 12, preferably formed integral with the top rail and carrying a weight 13, arranged at the outer end of the arm and adapted to counterbalance the gate to prevent sagging and enable the gate to swing easily. The rearwardly-disposed arm, when the gate is open, is also adapted to engage a supplemental latch 14, pivotally mounted on the outer face of the upright 9 and provided at its lower edge with a recess post 8, and it passes through the guide 18 to a guide 19 of the upright 11, which is located a distance from the gate equal to the length of the latter. The upright 11 is provided with an arm 20, arranged at an angle to the gate when the latter is closed and extending away from the same and terminating near the center of the roadway or drive. The arm 2O is provided at its outer end with a guide 2l, through which passes and from which depends the The outer end of the latch is beveled, as l outer portion of the operating-rope 16, whereby it is in convenient position to be readily grasped by a person on horseback or in avehicle. By pulling on the rope 16 it will be readily apparent that the gate will be swung toward the upright 11. The guides employed for the operating-ropes may consist of eyebolts, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, or the ropes may be arranged on guide-pulleys, or any other desired form of guides may be employed.

The operating-rope 17 extends from the gate IOO through a guide 22 of the arm 19 to a guide of an arm 2l, extending from the post S at right angles to the arm 1) and located at a point above the same. The operating-rope 17 then extends across the gate through a guide 25 of the upright S) to a guide 26 at the outer end of an arm 27, which extends away from the gate at an angle to the same when the gate is in its closed position and which is mounted on the upright 9 like the arm 20 of the upright'll.. The outer end of the operating-rope 17 depends from the arm 27 and is located in convenient position to be grasped by a person on horseback or in a vehicle.

The operati n g-ropes 16 and 17, which enable the gate to be opened from either side of it, are secured to the rear end of a rod or bar 2S, and this rod or bar 28, which extends inward or rearward from a latch-bar 20, is slidingly connected at its rear end'with an inclined guide-rod 30 and is provided with a weight 31, which operates to move the latch-bar outward and hold it in position for engaging a main keeper 32 of the latch-post 10. The reciprocation of the latch-bar is limited by a shoulder 32, arranged to engage the central portion of the gate, and when the operatingrope 16 or 17 is pulled the latch-bar is moved inward until the shoulder 32 strikes the gate, and then the latter begins to open, the inward movement of the latch-bar operating to disengage it from the keeper. The keeper 32 consists of a lower catch portion 33 and an upper arm Si, whichhas its lower edge beveled or inclined to direct the latch-bar 29 into engagement with the recess of the catch portion The gate is closed by operating-ropes $35 and 3G, secured at their adjacent ends to the arm 12 of the gate at one side thereof and extending from the arm to guides 37 and 3S, located at opposite sides of the arm 24: ol' the post S, and when the gate is open, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings, either of the operating-ropes and 3G may be pulled to swing the arm 12 toward the arm 21 to effect a closing of the gate. The operatingrope 35 extends from the arm 2st to a guide 39 of the upright 1l, passing through such guide and extending along the arm 2O to an outer guide 40. The other operating-rope 3G extends from the arm 24E across the gate to a guide i1 of the upright 9 and passes through the same to an outer guide 42 of the arm 27.

XVhen the gate is open, the arm 12 of the gate is arranged at right angles to the supplemental latch 1l, and the operating-ropes 35 and 36 extend beneath the latter and are adapted when they are pulled to lift the supplemental latch and release the gate.

The invention has the following advantages The gate is adapted to be readily opened and closed at a distance from it without dismounting or leaving a vehicle. It is retained by a positive latch when it is open, so that it will not close accidentally while a vehicle is driving through the gateway, and the operatingropes which are connected with the arm of the gate are arranged to swing beneath the supplemental latch, so that the latter will be lifted by them when they are pulled for closing the gate. The latch-bar 29, which secures the gate when closed, is capable of reciprocation and also vertical movement. It is normally held extended by a weight, and it is adapted to engage the keeper 321L automatically when the gate closes and is disengaged from the keeper by a rearward sliding movement resulting from a pull on one of the operating-1'opes.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

1. The combination of a swinging gate pro- -vided at its top and bottom with pintles, the

upper and lower bearing-brackets provided with openings receiving the pintles, each bracket consisting of a horizontal plate and parallel vertical anges extending along the ide edges of the plate and projecting from the ends thereof at opposite sides of the same to form arms, and the su pporting-posts located at opposite sides of the gate at the outer faces of the arms of the bearing-brackets, said posts being ont of alineinent and forming stops for the gate, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a swinging gate provided with a rearwardly-extending arm, a supplemental latch mounted on a suitable support and arranged to engage the arm when the gate is open, and operating-ropes con- `nected with the arm for closing the gate, said operating-ropes being arranged to be carried beneath the supplemental latch by the arm of the gate, whereby they are adapted to lift the latch, substantially as described.

3. The combination oi' a swinging gate provided with a latch-bar having a limited reciprocation and capable of upward and down ward movement, an inclined guide mounted on the gate, a weight slidingly connected with the guide and adapted to hold the latch-bar normally extended, and operating-ropes connected with the weight and adapted to reciprocate the latch-bar and swing the gate, substantially as described.

a. The combination of aswinging gate, the post 8 arranged at one side of the gate, the upright 9 located at the opposite side of the gate, the arms 19 and 24- extending from the post S and arranged at right angles to each other, the operating-ropes 1G and 17 connected with the gate in advance or the pivotal point and extending from the same to the arm 19 and having their outer portions located at opposite sides of the gate, the operating-ropes and 36 connected with the gate in rear of the point of hinging and extending to the arm 2l and having their outer portions located at IOO Opposite sides of the gate, and means for supporting the outer ends of the operating-ropes, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a swinging gate having a rearwardly-extending arm, a post 8 arranged at one side of the gate and provided With arms 19 and 24, the upright 9 located at the opposite side of the gate, a supplemental latch pivotally mounted on the upright-9, and arranged to be engaged by the arm of the gate, when the latter opens, the operating-ropes 16 and 17 extending from the gate at a point in advance of the hinges to the arm 19 and eX- tending therefrom in opposite directions, the rope 17 being supported by the arm 24 and by the upright 9, and the operating-ropes 35 and 36 attached to the arm of the gate and extending therefrom to the arm 24 and having their outer ends located at opposite sides of the gate, said ropes 35 and 36 being arranged to be carried beneath the supplemental latch, When the gate opens, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a swinging gate having an inclined guide-rod, a reciprocating latch-bar provided With a rod 28 slidingly connected with the guide-rod, a Weight connected with the rod 28 and adapted to hold the latch normally extended, and operating-ropes connected with the Weight, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

J ENS LANGESEN.

Witnesses:

ToRvALD KLosTER, J. P. LARsAN. 

